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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11376
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14282
13 Actual Demand 11084
14 Aggregate Planning 12025
15 Air Cargo 9939
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6545
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34693
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15264
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19055
20 Assembly Line 21976
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22811
22 Average Speed of Answer 26462
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22897
24 Batch Production 37986
25 Bill Discounting 14330
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11036
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7035
28 Blanket Release 9890
29 Bonded Warehouse 9962
30 Booking Number 13607
31 Bottleneck 9369
32 Buffer Stock 58783
33 Build to Stock 12824
34 Bullwhip Effect 9435
35 Business Logistics 25377
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12446
37 Capacity Management 40065
38 Capacity Utilization 13935
39 Capital Intensive 8256
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8560
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11987
42 Certified Supplier 8888
43 Channel Effectiveness 8848
44 Co-Destiny 9167
45 Co-managed Inventory 12334
46 Co-Packers 11655
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6742
48 Computer-Based Training 7592
49 Consular Invoice 19546
50 Container Depot 10500
51 Container Freight Station 10208
52 Continuous Replenishment 19343
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11951
54 Contract Carrier 7261
55 Contract of Affreightment 11304
56 Control Charts 7865
57 Cost Flow 10168
58 Courier Service 15068
59 CPFR 8119
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11663
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43798
62 Date Code 18023
63 Days of Supply 19673
64 Dead on Arrival 9090
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7202
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7992
67 Detective Control 8801
68 Devanning 14112
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10743
70 Dispatching 24140
71 Distributed Inventory 8258
72 Distribution Channel Management 34420
73 Distribution Metrics 8933
74 Distribution Planning 24055
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15046
76 Double Marginalization 52437
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22150
78 Dual 5365
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20458
80 Echelon Inventory 26011
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38120
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49319
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7513
84 Efficient Frontier 25252
85 Engineer-to-Order 31522
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16204
87 Erlang B Formula 9234
88 ETD 8219
89 Ex Works 7756
90 Exception Rate 13325
91 Exponential smoothing 9733
92 External Growth 9946
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9324
94 Field Services 7663
95 Field Warehouse 9864
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8620
97 Fishbone Diagram 14482
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26800
99 Flow Through Distribution 12184
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8055
101 FOB Destination 12887
102 Forward buying 29901
103 Freight Charge 10221
104 Freight Consolidation 7436
105 Gantt Chart 8208
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11593
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29384
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12562
109 Hub 23248
110 Idle Time 7969
 
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